Nude Day 2025 Contest Thread

[Goldenbraid]

Good luck in your future writing endeavors.

Thank you NotWise....... you too...

 

[Writer61]

I'm not saying the site is wrong, just that i personally disagree, that it doesn't feel right for me. It is a creative story not a legal document for some government department, so as long as it is neat with decent spelling and such so it is easy to read and understand it should be fine.

Which sounds awfully like a polite way of saying that the site is wrong.

I hope you find somewhere that suits your sensibilities. When you do, please post a link here so that we can judge whether it is as neat and comprehensible as you think.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Firmly locked in the sub 4.8 (sub win) area now.


Cest Le Vie.

Sub 4.7 on 100 plus votes now.


Ain't no sweep gonna fix that.

 

[Voboy]

And since all i'm getting is repeated comments telling me i'm wrong..... that is not help.

No, it isn't. I see that now.

We're generally quite happy to help in here. Truly, this is a supportive community of writers... here on Lit. Some of us know about the commercial publishing industry, and there are a few of us who've been successful on other sites... but this? This is Literotica, and we are primarily interested in helping each other publish on Literotica.

Since you don't want to do that? Yes. I'm not surprised this doesn't feel helpful to you. Good luck; on with the contest!

 

[Writer61]

Sub 4.7 on 100 plus votes now.

I share your pain, 4.68 on 79 votes.

 

[Voboy]

I'm never all that worried about scores. I had a story once that went into the final day below 4.7 and ended up with a blue W. I know it's partly luck.

If you know your story is good, you know it's good. It's nice when a good score follows, but you can find fulfillment either way. I'm doing well enough, especially given that my characters don't even fuck.

 

[Writer61]

I know, but it's my first time and I want it to be perfect.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

And since all i'm getting is repeated comments telling me i'm wrong..... that is not help.

We can't tell you either way without seeing a sample.

I don't follow most of the rules the others are citing. I do as I wish. But I'm not trying to make a living at it, I do it to pass time. Still, there are some common things that help make a story more readable to more people. Separating dialog is one of them.

 

[Goldenbraid]

We can't tell you either way without seeing a sample.

I don't follow most of the rules the others are citing. I do as I wish. But I'm not trying to make a living at it, I do it to pass time. Still, there are some common things that help make a story more readable to more people. Separating dialog is one of them.

Okay, here is a section out of the story i had summitted.......

Her mouth hung open. “What! Completely naked!” She shook her head, what had she gotten herself into now. This is what she gets for not looking before she leapt. “Ok, I understand.” She sighed.

He still grinned. “Good miss. So?” He looked her up and down.

“You’re kidding! Right here in the driveway?” She exclaimed.

“Yes, right here, right now. “His grin widened. “Strip miss, or I’ll have to call the non-compliance section.”

She looked around at the apparently empty streets, but was sure everywhere eyes were on her. She had sure gotten herself in a mess now. The guard closed her door, then stood back waiting. Oh well, she had little choice at the moment it seemed, and it would hardly be the first time she was publicly naked, though those were accidents and she had avoided being seen too much. So, she began to unbutton her blouse as the guard watched, each button undone seeming to make the guard grin more, and her to grow uneasier. Then she removed it, pulling it off, and setting it on the trunk of the car. The guard gave her the thumbs up as he admired her, now topless except her bra. She smiles weakly; blushing a bit, as she grabs the sides of her slacks and starts to pull them down. As she gets them to her knees, she hears a car coming from the other way. She pauses for a minute, and looks up, but the guards face says he won’t put up with any delays. She bends, and pulls her slacks to her ankles, as she sees the car go whizzing by out of the corner of her eye. She then pulls them off over her boots, and straightening, sets them with her blouse. The guard looks her over, now in just her underclothes still grinning, then down at her feet and points.

“The footwear too miss, don’t forget, completely nude.”

As she reaches down and unzips her boots, the guard moved around the front of the car and opened the passenger’s door. She pulls the boots off, wondering what he is up to, and sets them aside, as she hears the door slam shut. The guard comes around the back of the car as she pulls off her socks. He is carrying her jacket from the car, and as she watches in disbelief, he scoops up her boots and socks and grabs her clothes off the trunk.

“Hey!” She says as she turns to face him. “What are you doing with my stuff?”

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Quick glance, I see at least one misplaced quotation mark, an exclamation point where a question mark should be and a few too many commas, but not bad overall.

 

[Goldenbraid]

Quick glance, I see at least one misplaced quotation mark, an exclamation point where a question mark should be and a few too many commas, but not bad overall.

Yeah, just spotted the quotation mark out of place.... missed it somehow..... and i think i see where the you think it should be a question mark......

And thanks for the 'not bad overall'....

 

[LargoKitt]

Good on ya for picking up the thread, the last one I saw was done by @Rustyoznail in 2022

@Five_Inch_Heels - You need to edit the first entry and add the following line to the first entry

Please insure you add "NUDE DAY 2025" in the Notes to Admin field​

Silly question, in order to qualify, but it always pops into my mind. When it says that a contest must have exactly "Special Contest" in order to qualify, is it essential to have the quotation marks?

 

[ElectricBlue]

Okay, here is a section out of the story i had summitted.......

You're digging in far harder than you need to. The changes needed aren't dramatic, you're not being asked to change your basic style. All you need to do is follow the convention of a separate paragraph for each piece of dialogue.

Her mouth hung open.

“What! Completely naked?”

She shook her head, what had she gotten herself into now? This is what she got for not looking before she leapt.

“Ok, I understand.” She sighed. ['Sighed' isn't a speech tag in this context, it's a separate action.]

He still grinned.

“Good miss. So?”

He looked her up and down.

“You’re kidding! Right here in the driveway?”

“Yes, right here, right now."

His grin widened.

“Strip miss, or I’ll have to call the non-compliance section.”

Loose one or two superfluous words, add the para breaks, keep your tense consistent - you mix present and past tense a lot, which is in fact the bigger problem here - and you'll get this story published.

That's your call, obviously, but punctuation and paragraph conventions are there to make stories easier to read. Think of your readers first, not your opinions as the writer.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Silly question, in order to qualify, but it always pops into my mind. When it says that a contest must have exactly "Special Contest" in order to qualify, is it essential to have the quotation marks?

No. It even says they're not.

 

[LargoKitt]

I searched multiple ways and didn't find one, so ....


Main Announcement here with dates and rules: https://www.literotica.com/s/nude-day-story-contest-2025-at-literotica

"The Literotica Annual National Nude Day Contest is the number three of six special annual Lit contests taking place in 2025. Unlike the monthly contests, the special contests challenge writers to create compelling, fun tales on a theme.


The theme is National Nude Day - celebrated on July 14th.

-- If you'd like to participate in this contest, please read this entire post. If you don't read the whole thing, you may miss out on important rules, rendering your story ineligible for the contest! --​

You can begin submitting on (or before): June 14th
The last day to submit is: July 5th at 11:59pm EST
Winners will be announced on: July 12th


This contest will coexist with the usual monthly contest. A story may only win one or the other, not both contests simultaneously. The prizes for the top 3 stories will be the same as those awarded in the monthly contests: "

I'm puzzled about the voting. I have lots of well-read stories that have just enough votes to tip them into the 'hot' category. In order to win a contest do I need to have an intro and outro that says, "Vote, vote, please vote! It's essential that you vote! This is a contest, so VOTE!" Because your intro for lots of contests says something like "This will be part of the daily feed." So how do readers know *they* are essential to the process? Because only a tiny fraction of the people who read my stories vote or comment on them.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

My take:

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Her mouth hung open. “What? Completely naked?” She shook her head wondering what had she gotten herself into now. This is what she gets for not having looked before she leapt.

“Ok, I understand,” she sighed.

He still grinned. “Good miss. So?” He looked her up and down.

“You’re kidding! Right here in the driveway?” she exclaimed.

“Yes, right here, right now." His grin widened. “Strip miss, or I’ll have to call the non-compliance section.”

================

Similar to EB's, but my way. I've never had one sent back.

 

[Voboy]

I'm puzzled about the voting. I have lots of well-read stories that have just enough votes to tip them into the 'hot' category. In order to win a contest do I need to have an intro and outro that says, "Vote, vote, please vote! It's essential that you vote! This is a contest, so VOTE!" Because your intro for lots of contests says something like "This will be part of the daily feed." So how do readers know *they* are essential to the process? Because only a tiny fraction of the people who read my stories vote or comment on them.

For contest entries, I routinely add a postscript that lets readers know…

1. There’s a contest.
2. The story they just read is entered.
3. They should read the other entries.
4. They should give five stars to their favorites.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I never make references like that. Strikes of trying to elicit vote manipulation. To my knowledge, readers never know a story I submit is part of a contest. If they do, it's because of a thread here or the story list itself.

 

[Voboy]

I never make references like that. Strikes of trying to elicit vote manipulation. To my knowledge, readers never know a story I submit is part of a contest. If they do, it's because of a thread here or the story list itself.

When I was “just” a reader, I had no clue what the contests were nor how to vote for them. I assumed they were the same as the green E.

There’s nothing wrong with informing them what’s going on.

 

[LargoKitt]

Okay, here is a section out of the story i had summitted.......

Her mouth hung open. “What! Completely naked!” She shook her head, what had she gotten herself into now. This is what she gets for not looking before she leapt. “Ok, I understand.” She sighed.

He still grinned. “Good miss. So?” He looked her up and down.

“You’re kidding! Right here in the driveway?” She exclaimed.

“Yes, right here, right now. “His grin widened. “Strip miss, or I’ll have to call the non-compliance section.”

She looked around at the apparently empty streets, but was sure everywhere eyes were on her. She had sure gotten herself in a mess now. The guard closed her door, then stood back waiting. Oh well, she had little choice at the moment it seemed, and it would hardly be the first time she was publicly naked, though those were accidents and she had avoided being seen too much. So, she began to unbutton her blouse as the guard watched, each button undone seeming to make the guard grin more, and her to grow uneasier. Then she removed it, pulling it off, and setting it on the trunk of the car. The guard gave her the thumbs up as he admired her, now topless except her bra. She smiles weakly; blushing a bit, as she grabs the sides of her slacks and starts to pull them down. As she gets them to her knees, she hears a car coming from the other way. She pauses for a minute, and looks up, but the guards face says he won’t put up with any delays. She bends, and pulls her slacks to her ankles, as she sees the car go whizzing by out of the corner of her eye. She then pulls them off over her boots, and straightening, sets them with her blouse. The guard looks her over, now in just her underclothes still grinning, then down at her feet and points.

“The footwear too miss, don’t forget, completely nude.”

As she reaches down and unzips her boots, the guard moved around the front of the car and opened the passenger’s door. She pulls the boots off, wondering what he is up to, and sets them aside, as she hears the door slam shut. The guard comes around the back of the car as she pulls off her socks. He is carrying her jacket from the car, and as she watches in disbelief, he scoops up her boots and socks and grabs her clothes off the trunk.

“Hey!” She says as she turns to face him. “What are you doing with my stuff?”

In the big paragraph, a big no no. You switch from past to present tense mid-para. You also rarely need to identify the speaker after a quote unless you want to emphasize the actions.

 

[LargoKitt]

For contest entries, I routinely add a postscript that lets readers know…

1. There’s a contest.
2. The story they just read is entered.
3. They should read the other entries.
4. They should give five stars to their favorites.

Voboy, that's great. But *where's* the contest? Do readers need to navigate to a contest page? I don't usually dig into that dense paragraph on the lit home page. How do I find the other entries? And shouldn't lit put a banner on any new story that's part of a contest? Thousands of people read my stories and never vote on them, even when I ask. A great karaoke site, SingSnap has a contest link in the top banner. Takes you to a contest page where you can enter and listen and comment.

 

[Goldenbraid]

I'll look it over and make sure i haven't missed any other wandering quotation marks and such and try again to submit it..... we'll see.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Voboy, that's great. But *where's* the contest? Do readers need to navigate to a contest page?

No. There's really no reason for them to know about it at all.

 

[Actingup]

I know, but it's my first time and I want it to be perfect.

If the first time was perfect, there would be no extra thrill the next time! You've written a really solid, fun story. There's some reader feedback that will help you achieve even greater heights (and I hasten to say that I am more than guilty of throwing in a scene too many myself in some stories, and people have let me know about it), but it's going to end up with a really strong score (don't write it off yet - you don't know how the process will play out at the end) and you've also shown that you can nail a theme. Lots to be proud of.

 

[iwatchus]

I was happy with my comment I got tonight on my entry. I don't think this is my best story, but I think it is my best-crafted story, which is what I am focusing on now. This may be my favorite comment I have ever gotten on any story.

@Davester37
I just knew that you would get those two together in the end! Thank you for that.

I enjoyed this story very much. Those characters are great, interesting, likable, a bit flawed, and certainly very well developed. The plot was masterful, believable, and sensitively done.

Thank you for writing and sharing!